Tax subsidies for health insurance: Costs and benefits

Health Affairs

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-85

  Gruber, Y Jonathan ^a   Levitt, Larry ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POLITICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNITED STATES; POLITICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942738209     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.19.1.72     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. The exact structure of the model, and a detailed description of the behavioral responses we assume, can be found in J. Gruber, "Tax Subsidies for Health Insurance: Evaluating the Costs and Benefits" (Report prepared for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 1999), available online at www.kff.org.
2. These issues are discussed in J. Meyer, S. Silow-Caroll, and E. Wicks, "Tax Reform to Expand Health Coverage: Administrative Issues and Challenges" (Report prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation, 1999), available online at www.kff.org
3. L Etheredge, "Tax Credits for Uninsured Workers" (Mimeo, Health Insurance Reform Project of the George Washington University, 1999).
4. J. Leibman, "The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Incentives and Income Distribution," Tax Policy and the Economy 12, ed. J. Poterba (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1998), 83-120.
5. The Conference Report, by cochairs Judith Feder and Sheila Burke, is available at www.kff.org/content/1999/1531; and several expert proposals and issue papers are available on the Kaiser Family Foundation Web site, www.kff.org/docs/sections/kcmu/incrementalreformproject.htrnl.
6. The Conference Report, by cochairs Judith Feder and Sheila Burke, is available at www.kff.org/content/1999/1531; and several expert proposals and issue papers are available on the Kaiser Family Foundation Web site, www.kff.org/docs/sections/kcmu/incrementalreformproject.htrnl.